Congress held a review meeting on the defeat in the assembly elections. There was also a discussion regarding Chhattisgarh on Friday, after which Bhupesh Baghel reached Raipur on Saturday. Apart from the meeting at the airport, he also took a dig at the process of making BJP the CM. He maintained silence by saying that he was not aware of the statements of other leaders including Brihaspat.
Bhupesh Baghel also gave a statement on the recovery of cash from the premises of Congress MP from Jharkhand, Dheeraj Sahu. He said on this issue that if a raid is conducted at an industrialist’s or a businessman’s place then it is a commercial matter and the party has nothing to do with it. We are also eagerly waiting for the CM.
Bhupesh Baghel said on BJP’s CM that, just as you people are waiting, in the same way we are also eagerly waiting for the new Chief Minister. Just as the question arises as to who will become a millionaire, similarly the question has also become that who will become the Chief Minister of the three states. BJP observers are coming on Sunday, let’s see who gets elected.
Complete silence on raising questions by Congress leaders
Regarding the allegations being continuously made by former MLAs in Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel said that I have not seen it yet. Also, on the question of allegation made by Vinay Jaiswal against Chandan Yadav, he said that, I am not aware of it. Seen avoiding Congress’s discord by asking some other question. Eye on Lok Sabha elections
Regarding the review meeting, Bhupesh Baghel said that the election results were discussed in this meeting. Lok Sabha elections have also been discussed, we have to fight the Lok Sabha elections unitedly. We have also been given instructions for this. A day earlier, Selja had also said that we are disappointed, but not in despair. In the coming times, we will fight the Lok Sabha elections together.
Congress’s focus on Lok Sabha elections
Let us tell you that Lok Sabha elections will be held in the country in April-May. There are total 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh. 9 out of 11 seats are with BJP, while Bastar and Korba Lok Sabha seats are with Congress. At present, Congress’s efforts are only to increase the number of these seats in Chhattisgarh.
A total of 11 leaders from Chhattisgarh including Baghel, TS Singh Deo, former minister Umesh Patel, Mohan Markam, PCC chief Deepak Baij, Satyanarayan Sharma, Mohammad Akbar, Mohan Markam and Dhanendra Sahu attended the meeting. After the meeting, Chhattisgarh Congress election in-charge Kumari Selja told media persons that the final results were unexpected, defying all surveys, opinion polls and expectations. The party’s vote share is the same as it was in 2018 and maintaining the vote share for five years is no small achievement.
